MPs to vote on organ donor plans

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Web organ donor sparks law suit

Web organ donor sparks law suit 03/28/2005 12:50 PM
globetechnology.com Mar 28 2005 4:51PM GMT

Organ donor online registry called
lifesaver

Organ donor online registry called
lifesaver 04/05/2005 09:23 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 6 2005 12:15AM GMT

Californians Sign Up for Online Organ
Donor Registry

Californians Sign Up for Online Organ
Donor Registry 04/08/2005 08:17 PM
Of the nation's 90,000 people waiting for organ donations, more than a fifth are reportedly in California. When users sign up on the registry, they can enter e-mail addresses of friends and family members.

UK shelves EU treaty vote plans

UK shelves EU treaty vote plans 06/05/2005 11:31 PM
Ministers abandon plans for a spring referendum on whether the UK should ratify the EU constitution.

Taiwan Plans Vote to Ask China to Remove
Missiles

Taiwan Plans Vote to Ask China to Remove
Missiles 12/06/2003 08:42 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 6 2003 6:37AM ET

""the GOP is already calling a vote for
Democrats a vote for bin Laden (or if
you prefer, a vote for Hitler).""

""the GOP is already calling a vote for
Democrats a vote for bin Laden (or if
you prefer, a vote for Hitler)."" 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

Kidney auction father keeps organ

Kidney auction father keeps organ 04/26/2004 04:06 PM
A man who tried to sell his kidney to help his daughter sees her start at a special school and keeps the organ.

"Crisis" in organ transplant jobs

"Crisis" in organ transplant jobs 06/10/2004 01:28 AM
Fewer junior doctors regard organ transplant surgery as a career option, the BBC has learned.

Organ removal condemned in court

Organ removal condemned in court 01/26/2004 09:10 AM
Removing organs from the dead without consent is "morally objectionable", the High Court hears.

Organ scandal babies are buried

Organ scandal babies are buried 08/05/2004 08:45 AM
The funerals of 50 unidentified babies whose bodies were secretly stored at Alder Hey Hospital take place.

Photo of a male whale's reproductive
organ

Photo of a male whale's reproductive
organ 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
In the interest of zoology, here is a link to a photograph of a whale's penis. (Probably not safe for work) Link

Organ scandal baby remains buried

Organ scandal baby remains buried 07/26/2004 01:54 PM
Funerals are arranged for the remains of 1,000 unidentified babies found during the organ scandal at Alder Hey Hospital.

Families await organ case ruling

Families await organ case ruling 02/18/2004 01:31 PM
The High Court action by families claiming the NHS retained relatives' organs without consent ends, with a ruling due at a later date.

U.S. Reports First Cases of Rabies from
Organ Donation

U.S. Reports First Cases of Rabies from
Organ Donation 07/01/2004 03:50 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 1 2004 8:13PM GMT

Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ

Linux PCs Drive 74-Channel Pipe Organ 12/03/2003 08:32 PM
cyberman11 writes "According to the EE Times, Marshall & Ogletree LLC have created an electronic simulation of a classic Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in the ...

The Ultimate Gift: 50 Years of Organ
Transplants

The Ultimate Gift: 50 Years of Organ
Transplants 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
Over the last five decades, surgeons have learned how to transplant virtually every vital organ in the human body.

Couple advertise for egg donor

Couple advertise for egg donor 07/19/2004 04:27 AM
A childless couple hand out leaflets in bars in their hunt for a woman willing to donate her eggs for fertility treatment.

Donor is found for second brother

Donor is found for second brother 04/24/2004 10:27 AM
A bone-marrow donor is found who could save the life of the second of four brothers with one of the worlds rarest fatal illnesses.

Registry of organ donors launched, with
online sign-ups

Registry of organ donors launched, with
online sign-ups 04/05/2005 09:15 AM
Chicoer.com - Tue Apr 5, 10:57 am GMT

Geeking out over Gehry Organ at LA's
Disney Hall

Geeking out over Gehry Organ at LA's
Disney Hall 12/19/2004 03:34 PM
Xeni Jardin: Last night, I crawled out from behind my laptop to go hear Handel's Messiah at the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with a few friends. The performance was beautiful, the architecture of the space was beautiful, but the coolest part of the evening by far? Geeking out over the awesome, gigantomongous, french-fry-esque pipe organ at the back of the hall. It's comprised of more than 6,000 pipes, only a portion of which are visible. Some are conical and made of metal, others are shaped like long, slender boxes and are made of wood. The pipes range in size from ballpoint pens to palm trees.

The organ wasn't played last night, but I'm told that when it debuted privately to a group of pipe organ professionals earlier this year -- they all removed their shoes so they could feel the deep bass vibrations in the floor. A couple friends mentioned that when the LA Phil played Richard Strauss's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (opening theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey) a while back, this thing emitted gut-liquefying bass notes that remind you why that piece of music was selected to open a sci-fi film in the first place. That uber-low opening note doesn't kick you in the innards on a recording the way it does from a huge pipe organ in an acoustically rich venue.

Oh, also, it even smells cool! Many different fine woods were used to construct the pipes, so it emits a magical, cedary sort of fragrance that reminded me of incense in a Catholic mass.

Image: a phonecam snapshot I took of the organ, while standing beneath its tall, sonic stalagmites: Link to full-size.

Here are some wonderful photos, Link, and an Organ FAQ, from the LA Phil's website: Link< /a>. NPR did a cool segment about the organ's construction and sound, here: Li nk. And Link to a San Diego Union-Trib article. Here are upcoming organ performances at the WDCH: Link (thanks tons, Shawn Sites, and Michael and Cynthia Perry!)

Update: BoingBoing reader Bill B. says,

"I live in the Kansas City area, and have been to a concert at the huge Latter Day Saints Church in Independence, Missouri. The organ is unbelievable there as well but not designed like the one you reported on. I have been an afficiondo ever since seminary when I was a radio host for the 'Organ Hour'. One note: with organs like the one you described, you don't just feel it in your feet but all through your body. The harmonics will literally vibrate your insides when the proper notes are played. Now I must make plans to come and hear the one out in LA."

New site lets organ donors register
intent

New site lets organ donors register
intent 04/04/2005 11:46 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 5 2005 4:18AM GMT

U.S. Reports First Cases of Rabies from
Organ Donation (Reuters)

U.S. Reports First Cases of Rabies from
Organ Donation (Reuters) 07/01/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that three people had been infected with rabies after receiving organ transplants, the first time the deadly disease had been spread this way.

Cops Told to Give Break to Organ Donors
(AP)

Cops Told to Give Break to Organ Donors
(AP) 06/28/2004 09:38 AM
AP - An edgy new advertising campaign to promote organ donation hints that police officers should cut speeders who are organ donors some slack.

Donor gives soldiers, families computers

Donor gives soldiers, families computers 12/19/2003 05:08 PM
Boston Globe Dec 19 2003 3:39PM ET

Sperm donor anonymity ends

Sperm donor anonymity ends 03/31/2005 08:07 PM
People donating sperm and eggs will no longer have the right to remain anonymous, as a new law comes into force.

American meets his donor saviour

American meets his donor saviour 09/06/2004 10:42 AM
A chef who donated his bone marrow meets the American whose life he saved almost five years earlier.

McGreevey Donor Pleads Guilty (AP)

McGreevey Donor Pleads Guilty (AP) 08/18/2004 05:03 PM
AP - A major donor to embattled Gov. James E. McGreevey pleaded guilty Wednesday to tax violations and charges stemming from a witness tampering scheme in which he was accused of having a prostitute seduce his own brother-in-law.

Donor Gives Soldiers, Families Computers

Donor Gives Soldiers, Families Computers 12/19/2003 02:26 PM
AP via Newsday Dec 19 2003 1:38PM ET

'Backstreet' donor agency fears

'Backstreet' donor agency fears 03/23/2005 10:03 AM
Fertility experts warn that removing sperm donors' right to anonymity could drive infertile couples to "backstreet services".

Medical: Ultimate Organ Systems Flash
Cards for the Palm OS

Medical: Ultimate Organ Systems Flash
Cards for the Palm OS 06/18/2004 02:46 PM

Dean Chair: Win Needed to Keep Donor
Base (AP)

Dean Chair: Win Needed to Keep Donor
Base (AP) 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
AP - Howard Dean must win a presidential primary in the next two weeks to keep even his most loyal donor base — those giving modest amounts over the Internet — contributing enough to make him financially competitive, his campaign chairman said.

CNN.com - Sperm donor must pay child
support - Jul 23, 2004

CNN.com - Sperm donor must pay child
support - Jul 23, 2004 07/27/2004 04:08 PM
Such is the case with this one .. here's why

cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/23/sperm.donor.ap/index.html
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Woman finds kidney donor online

Woman finds kidney donor online 06/17/2005 04:30 PM
Greeleytrib.com - Fri Jun 17, 11:20 am GMT

Donor Mistrust Worsens AIDS in Zimbabwe

Donor Mistrust Worsens AIDS in Zimbabwe 08/11/2004 08:46 PM
President Robert G. Mugabe's government has lost donors' trust that it will fairly channel money for antiretroviral drugs.

Donor embryo children 'not told'

Donor embryo children 'not told' 06/29/2004 02:34 AM
Only a third of couples who conceived their children using donor embryos plan to tell their offspring.

3 Fatal Cases of Rabies Are Linked to
Ill Donor

3 Fatal Cases of Rabies Are Linked to
Ill Donor 07/02/2004 03:16 AM
In what federal officials said was the first case of its kind, three people who received organ transplants in May from a single donor in Texas died from rabies in June.

G.O.P. Hopes Web Sites Will Be a Link to
the Small Donor

G.O.P. Hopes Web Sites Will Be a Link to
the Small Donor 07/12/2004 12:48 AM
The Republican National Committee will start paying Web site owners who raise donations for the party through their sites.

First Pregnancy from First Frozen Donor
Egg Bank in the World

First Pregnancy from First Frozen Donor
Egg Bank in the World 06/22/2005 01:48 AM
The first frozen donor egg bank in the world has opened and a Lexington, Kentucky couple is pregnant with the first frozen and thawed eggs from Cryo Eggs International. The first woman pregnant from the egg bank, Wendy Kennedy, says "I think everybody should know this option is available." [PRWEB Jun 21, 2005]

Donor parent-child contact starts

Donor parent-child contact starts 04/20/2004 07:37 PM
People conceived from donor eggs and sperm will be able to contact their biological parents with the launch of a new register.
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